Ooops, another surge running a little slow

The sophisticated gunshot-detection system that Boston bought to stem shootings will not be operational until October, months later than expected and too late to stave off the usual summer rise in gunfire and homicides.

Ummm, wait a minute...gunshot detector? Gunshots need detecting now?

If the contract with Boston had been signed sooner, the system could have been installed by now, said Gregg Rowland, the company's senior vice president for sales and marketing.

Yeah. Sure.

Maybe a boondoggle detector is what we really need.

Link: Delays push setup of gunshot locator into fall, city says - The Boston Globe